There are few questions
asked frequently as the information provided within this website is
extensive. The most frequently asked questions are as follows:

1) if I join the Scratch
Players Group, do I get a handicap?

No. SPG membership
is mutually exclusive of any subsidiary golf clubs of the SPG. If
you are looking to establish or transfer golf club affiliation to any
related entity of the SPG, you would need to join a specific subsidiary
golf club, each of which is affiliated with a different golf association
that administers USGA Handicap Indexes. The cost to join the SPG
is related to our cost to maintain the member's area of this website.

2) if I join any one or
more of the SPG's golf clubs, does that also make

me a member of the SPG?

No. SPG membership
is available to any scratch player, pro or amateur, worldwide whether
they have a handicap or not and requires meeting SPG Bylaw requirements.
Only SPG members have access to the SPG member area of this website.
SPG club members have access only to webpages on this website specific
to such club. In general, SPG membership is the most difficult
level of membership available and it comes with voting rights for
organizational control including over all subsidiary clubs in addition
to the benefits available within the vast SPG membership area of the
website. Each SPG golf club has its own separate Bylaws which in
most cases are much simpler and basic compliance documents as required
by any particular golf association. The cost to join any
subsidiary club is primarily a function of what the affiliated golf
association charges the club for such club member to be affiliated with
the related golf association issuing the Handicap Index along with any
other benefits provided by such golf association such as accessibility
to their tournaments.

3) Do I need to be a
member of the SPG and/or any subsidiary golf club

to play in any SPG
conducted tournament such as the SPC?

No. Every
tournament conducted by the SPG now or in the future are open to any
player meeting the eligibility standards stipulated for each event, none
of which require membership in any organization. Any tournament
that may be conducted at the club level, such as club championships,
would be restricted to members of such club.